Aviation Infrastructure Lead Engineer

HNTB Corporation; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 121,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation seeks an experienced engineering leader in Denver to oversee design calculations, technical reports, and engineering plans for aviation projects. You will mentor junior staff and collaborate with project managers to meet schedules and budgets.

The role emphasizes senior technical expertise in airfield development, terminal modernization, and multimodal connectivity, offering opportunities to shape Colorado aviation infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience.
• PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
• Responsible for the discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi-discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Airfield engineering

Technical leadership

Project coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Job description

HNTB Corporation seeks an experienced engineering leader in Denver to oversee design calculations, technical reports, and engineering plans for aviation projects. You will mentor junior staff and collaborate with project managers to meet schedules and budgets.

The role emphasizes senior technical expertise in airfield development, terminal modernization, and multimodal connectivity, offering opportunities to shape Colorado aviation infrastructure.